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[Review Of] Kristin Herzog. Women, Ethnics, And Exotics : Images Of Power In Mid·Nineteenth Century American Fiction, Gretchen M. Bataille

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Herzog examines literary works of the mid-nineteenth century which reverse values, transcend stereotypes, and demand a reevaluation of the roles of "women, ethnics, and exotics" in fiction as well as reality. The ethnics are blacks and Indians; the exotics Herzog defines as " strikingly out of the orindary [ordinary]" or " excitingly strange" characters. Images of women are similar to the images of the "Noble Savages" and other non-white people in that all are considered "natural," more innocent or more demonic, more devine [divine] and more terrifying than white males . So too are they viewed as more passive, less …

[Review Of] Beverley Ormerod. An Introduction To The French Caribbean Novel, Charlotte H. Bruner

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Beverley Ormerod displays real expertise in An Introduction to the French Caribbean Novel. She is a West Indian herself, and she knows the background and culture of the Caribbean: its African slave origins and the present quest for pan-Caribbean identity. After post-graduate research at the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris , she earned her doctorate in French at Cambridge University. When necessary, she translates the French originals into English. She also knows various creoles of the islands and appreciates the linguistic variety there. She has taught Caribbean literature for twenty years.

[Review Of] Emmanuel Ngara. Art And Ideology In The African Novel, Jean Bright

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

The sub-title of this enigmatic book is "A Study of the Influence of Marxism on African Writing." The first of the two parts of the books deals primarily with definitions of Marxist aesthetics. For a serious work, not only are the cliches and terminology tiresome but the choice of quotations is unfortunate. Ngara quotes Marx's and Engel's opinion that Dickens, Thackeray, Emily Bronte and Gaskell wrote novels "whose graphic and eloquent pages have issued to the world more political and social truths than have been uttered by all the professional politicians, publicists and moralists put together." Ngara adds a pronouncement …

[Review Of] Paule Marshall. Praisesong For The Widow, Delo Washington

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Paule Marshall's Praisesong for the Widow is an account of maturation or, put another way, of a black woman's willingness to confront her emergent self. Tastefully groomed, sixty-four year old Avatarra " Avey" Johnson leaves her suburban New York home to vacation with two friends on a West Indies cruise. Her decision to interrupt her plans, shortly after arriving at one of the destinations, is a surprise to everyone. Avey is compelled to discount the material investment she has made in the trip in order to follow a mind that has been haunted by dreams of her great aunt Cuney.

[Review Of] Edward A. Tiryakian And Ronald Rogowski, Eds. New Nationalisms Of The Developed West: Toward Explanation, Mary A. Ludwig

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Tiryakian and Rogowski have edited a strong and useful collection of nine theoretical and seven comparative articles on nationalism in advanced industrial societies in the West. What is new in the presentations in this work is the systematic comparison of a number of nationalist movements that have been treated hitherto as separate cases. The writers are focusing on nationalism in advanced capitalist economies rather than in developing nations or socialist industrial states, so examples are drawn from Quebec and Western Europe. A great strength of the collection lies in the richness of the analysis produced by contributors drawn from a …

Race And Class In American Race Relations Theory, 1894-1939, Vernon Williams Jr.

William Monroe Trotter Institute Publications

The purpose of this essay is to identify the origins of the debate between Wilson and Pinkney. The period covered focuses on the years 1894 to 1939 - from the publication of Franz Boas's "Human Faculty as Determined by Race" in the Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1894, to the publications of Robert E. Park's "The Nature of Race Relations" in 1939. It is my argument that the parameters of the discussion regarding the progressiveness of race relations in the United States were defined during these years, and that all current theories are but …

Boston School Desegregation: The Fallowness Of Common Ground, Robert A. Dentler

New England Journal of Public Policy

This essay scrutinizes the book by J. Anthony Lukas, Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families, to assess whether it presents a valid and reliable account of the issues, people, and events it chronicles. The substantive core of the book is shown to be the politics of Boston public school desegregation. The parts played by the three families in this event are dramatically portrayed but cannot be corroborated and are not interpreted. The parts played by five major policy leaders, when tested against other evidence, are found to be distorted, questionable legends woven in …

The Development Of A Program For Minority Dropout Prevention In The Decatur, Illinois Public School District #61, Priscilla Marjorie Palmer

Masters Theses

The purpose of this field study was to identify the need and present a workable model designed to address minority dropout prevention for the Decatur, Illinois, Public School District #61. The overall district dropout rate at the time this field study commenced was 26.6 percent. However, the dropout rate for minority (Black) males was 43.1 percent and 24.9 percent for minority (Black) females. The data shows that a problem of minority dropouts did exist in Decatur School District #61 and that a preventive program was needed to address this problem.The Program to Improve Student Attendance (PISA), was designed for use …

The Vanguard (Vol. 33, No. 2), Mar-Apr 1986, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

Many minority ethnic/racial groups in the United States experience higher-than-average unemployment rates, but none approaches the level of unemployment among Native Americans. A report prepared last fall by the Full Employment Action Council, the Lutheran Council U.S. A. and other sponsors documents the ''horrendous" and "devastating" rates of joblessness among both reservation and urban Indians.

In addition, the report, "American Indian Unemployment: Confronting a Distressing Reality, notes that federal assistance programs have been drastically reduced in recent years, leaving Native Americans with income and education levels far below national averages.

The Vanguard (Vol. 33, No. 6), Sep-Oct 1986, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

When Rev. Brian (Red) Burchfield went to South Africa, he believed he and his co-pastor/wife Susan were missionaries to that racially-divided nation. Now, however, he understands that he was meant all along to be a missionary to the U.S.

Arriving in Cape Town last January to serve several, small congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in South Africa (ELCSA), Burchfield said they were met with two responses: "a warm and gracious reception and ... an attitude that took for granted that we would be going back to the United States and beginning our real work."

Predictors Of Depressive Symptoms And Unemployed Black Adults, Diane R. Brown, Lawrence E. Gary

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Using data from a probability based survey of unemployed Black adults residing in an urban area, this study explores factors related to the presence of depressive symptoms. Findings indicate that depressive symptoms are less among unemployed persons with higher levels of income, education, religiosity, age and satisfactory social support. Age, however, is the single best predictor of depressive symptoms among unemployed Blacks. There were no significant differences by gender.

Ua77/1 Western, Wku Alumni Association

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WKU alumni newsletter.

• Anderson, Lucinda. The Alumni Annual Fund/Student Phonathon
• Western Yearbook is Tops In Nation – Talisman
• T.T. Knight Memorial Scholarship Fund
• Annual WKU Fish Fry Features Service Awards
• Western Wins American Advertising Federation College Chapter of the Year Award
• Thanks to Smiths Grove Women’s Club
• Community College Enrollment Up 21%
• Machine Queen II at Kentucky Museum – Quilt Exhibit
• Teachers Find Dante’s Day Like Our Own
• Physicist Organizes World Gathering on Coal – George Vourvopoulos
• Student Newspaper Inducted Into Hall of Fame – College Heights Herald
• WKU Senior Heads Regional Biology Honorary – Charlotte Gill, Beta Beta Beta …

Dropping Out Of High School: An Inside Look, Michelle Fine

Publications and Research

In September, 1984, I began an ethnography of student life in and out of a New York City public high school to figure out why urban students drop out of high school at such extraordinary rates. By December, why urban students stay in high school through graduation struck me as an equally compelling question.

The Educational Condition Of Black Males In Florida: An Exploratory Study, Florida Institute Of Education

Florida Institute of Education

The Florida Institute of Education exploratory study of the educational condition of black males in Florida focused on data, public testimony and expert opinion gathered and analyzed in an effort to identify causes of the markedly low academic access, achievement, and program completion exhibited by black male students within our state's system(s) of primary, secondary and postsecondary education. PALMM.

Ua12/2/7 Wku Sorority System Annual Report, Scott Taylor

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Annual Panhellenic Council report for the 1984-85 school year.

Getting Power Back: Court Restoration Of Executive Authority In Boston City Government, Marcy M. Murninghan

New England Journal of Public Policy

This article chronicles some of the events that occurred when a state and a federal court attempted to disengage from active jurisdiction over two Boston public systems: the public schools and the Boston Housing Authority (BHA). It makes three proposals which, if enacted, would help to keep the courts out of day-to-day management of municipal operations. It also makes some generalizations about the court-agency interplay which are relevant to the postremedial phase of institutional reform litigation. The author uses the term restorative law to describe this court-controlled process of returning power to the executive branch.

Ua12/2/2 Talisman: What Did You Expect?, Wku Student Affairs

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1985 Talisman yearbook.

• What Did You Expect?
• McDonald, Scott. View Point
• Earning an Education
• Strength in Numbers – Organizations
• Putting Forth the Effort
• Collegiate Companion
• Appropriating Apparel
• Driving Range – Cars
• Starving for Nutrition
• One Step Closer to Home – Apartments
• Flowers, Toni. And That’s the Way It Was – 1984 In Review
• Pullen, Terry. The Test of Time – Dating
• Reeder, Kristen. In the Eye of the Beholder – Miss Western, Miss Black Western
• Moore, Walter. Rock Of Ages – Sally’s Rock
• Smith, Sandy. Coming Back for More – Homecomig
• Cartlon, Chad. Vote Search – 1984 Presidential Election
• Goheen, …

Community-Based Housing: Potential For A New Strategy, Rachel G. Bratt

William Monroe Trotter Institute Publications

While the housing problem in the United States has changed since Franklin Delano Roosevelt proclaimed that "one-third of the nation is ill-housed," it has by no means disappeared. For most low-income people, and to a lesser extent for moderate income people, housing still presents formidable problems.

Academics and housing analysts recognize four major aspects of the housing problem: affordability (ratio of housing costs to income), adequacy (including quality and overcrowding), neighborhood conditions, and availability. Over the past decade, the nature of the country's housing problem has undergone some important transformations.

Until ten years ago the phrase "housing problem" conjured up …

Ua45/6 Commencement Program, Wku Registrar

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Commencement program listing graduates.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 60, No. 55, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Meehan, Mary. Board of Regents Approves Limited Budget
• Thomas, Ursula. Special Olympics Volunteer Wins Love – B.J. Little
• Stone, Tom. Administrators Confess to College Mischief – Donald Zacharias, Paul Cook, John Osborne
• Ron Beck Appointed Interim Dean
• Student, Teacher Die Over Weekend – Geraldine Hahn, John Davis
• Kendall, Vallory. Praises Professors
• Reagan, Stan. Backs Up Police
• Verner, Jo & Norm Johnson. Thanks Special Olympics Help
• Knapp, Kevin. Editorial Cartoon – Spring
• McMahon, Dorothy. Reform Should Follow Charles Dickens
• Fraternity’s Stepping Shows Spirit – Kappa Alpha …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 60, No. 54, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Hutcherson, Jackie. Phones Will be Out by Fall
• Ron Beck May Replace Charles Keown in Interim
• Humphreys, Mack. Bars Aren’t Always the Best Meet Markets
• Evening of Dance
• Carlton, Chad. Stricter Rules at Coed Dorm a Myth
• Gun Drawn on Student at Locks – Warren Davis
• Swift, Kim. Students Lobby for Peace During Washington Rally – United Campuses to Prevent Nuclear War
• Dickerson, Cindy. Frowns on Ethiopian Jokes
• Malmer, Victoria. Environmental Cabinet Cites Minor Compliance Problems at Western
• Harris, Carla. Pearce-Ford Tower Windows to be …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 60, No. 53, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Carlton, Chad. School May Help Attract Japan Firm
• Slow Tan Helps Bathers Avoid Scorching Skin
• Paul, Steve. Dial-A-Date Conquers Hang-Up
• Hitchcock, Lisa. Students to Work with Mentally Ill – Psychology
• Hutcherson, Jackie. Sinfonian Features a Variety of Acts – Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
• Future of Coed Housing Left in Students Hands
• Knapp, Kevin. Editorial Cartoon – Coed Housing
• Vaughn, Victoria. Corrects Spelling
• Cardwell, Dale. Judges Campus Police
• Hutcherson, Jackie. Unusual Trip Has a Model Ending – Norman Wells
• 192 Students Honored for Achievements
• Jones, LaMont. …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 60, No. 52, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Malmer, Victoria. Bulimia
• Harris, Carla. Abuses of Alcohol Reflected in Art
• It’s All Greek to Me
• Teaching Needs Protection in University Senate Plan
• Knapp, Kevin. Editorial Cartoon – Faculty Research
• Paul, Steve. College Years Should be Appreciated
• Jones, LaMont. Events Promote Black Greeks
• Humphreys, Mack. Book Exchange Will Continue
• Pulitzer Winner Speaks on Photos – William Strode
• Special Olympic Volunteers Needed
• Struck, Angela. Laid-back Leon Redbone
• Fox, Kathleen. Michael Card Continues to Spread the Word Through Song
• Western Receives $110,000
• Malmer, Victoria. Changes Planned for …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 60, No. 51, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Strain, Jo. 17 Local Parks Offer a Variety of Activities
• Edelen, Mark. Plan Would Give Faculty More Research Time
• Carlton, Chad. Coed Dorm Less Than Half Full
• Malmer, Victoria. Sensitive Issues a Must, Editor Says
• Quarterback Donald Zacharias Leads Presidents’ Attack
• Knapp, Kevin. Editorial Cartoon – Donald Zacharias
• College Heights Herald Toots Own Horn
• Humphreys, Mack. Higher Required GPA May be Illegal – Grade Point Averages
• Air Conditioning Could be Turned on in 10 Days
• Key, Julius. Workshop Shows Minorities College Life
• 12 Apply for …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 60, No. 51, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Humphreys, Mack. Jack Smith Ends Term as Associated Student Government President
• Carlton, Chad. Coed Aerobics Class Sweats It Out for Fun
• Paul, Steve. Students Sure of Job Futures
• Edelen, Mark. Art Students Plan Independent Show
• Jack Smith’s Enthusiasm Revived Interest in Associated Student Government
• Knapp, Kevin. Editorial Cartoon – Jack Smith, Associated Student Government
• Wallace, Todd. Speaks for Greek Week
• Kredens, Julie. Stands Behind Play – Sister Mary Ignatius
• Alpha Gamma Rho Tough Tuggers Aim for 17^th Win – Tug of War
• Meehan, Mary. …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 60, No. 49, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Parson, Kim. Eight Students Arrested on Drug Charges
• Malmer, Victoria. OAR Shows Parents Average College Life – Orientation, Advisement & Registration
• Hitchcock, Lisa. Future of Tobacco Bleak, Experts Say
• Carlton, Chad. Housing Faces Financial Woes
• Accident Victim to Benefit from Show – Amazing Tones of Joy, Tonya Drake
• Experts See Grim Tobacco Future
• Hall Contest Held – Interhall Council
• Art Contest Tarnished on 25^th Anniversary
• Knapp, Kevin. Editorial Cartoon – Art Exhibition
• Collins, Jeff. Applauds Explanation – Sister Mary Ignatius
• Wesolowski, James. Criticizes Drama …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 60, No. 46, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Gott, Doug. Bid for Championship Gets National Attention – Basketball
• Humphreys, Mack. Candidates’ Views Aired in Debate – Associated Student Government
• Carlton, Chad. University Senate Bill Criticizes Pay Split
• Merit Pay Uneven in Departments
• Student Paralyzed Over Spring Break – David Hendrix
• Research Committee Wastes Time, Money
• Knapp, Kevin. Editorial Cartoon – Crosswalks
• Martin, Brenda & Ann Cravens. Cheers Lady Toppers
• Holloway, Donna. Students Support Associated Student Government Candidates – Greg Elder
• Davis, Betsy. Supports Chris Watkins
• Blanford, Becky. Supports Mitchell McKinney
• Rodriguez, Daniel. Supports …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 60, No. 45, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Stone, Tom. Two-Week Dry Rush Expected to Pass
• Humphreys Mack. Student Committee to Study Advisement
• Sexton, Scott. Vacation Tide Pulls Breakers to Florida
• Malmer, Victoria. The Jury Is Out for Officials – Jury Duty
• Fraternities Should Jump on the Wagon
• Knapp, Kevin. Editorial Cartoon – Alcohol
• Morton, Jamie. Associated Student Government Shouldn’t Force Bill
• McKinney, Mitchell. Announces Candidacy
• Parkhe, Arvind. Thanks Library Staff
• Emery, Matt. Abortion Options Focus of Rally
• Man Indicted in Rape of Student – James Bland
• President Donald Zacharias to Field Student …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 60, No. 44, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Hutcherson, Jackie. University May Pull Plug on Dorm Phones
• Stone, Tom. Fraternities Seek Ways to Make Dry Rush Drier
• Carlton, Chad. Superboard Proposal Criticized – Regents
• Carlton, Chad. Faculty Group Outlines – Association of Western Faculty
• Meehan, Mary. True Or Not, the Exotic Tales Are Intriguing – Spring Break
• Knapp, Kevin. Editorial Cartoon – Spring Break
• Old Dorm Phones Can Go
• Reagan, Stan. Asks for Involvement
• Parson, Kim. Class Project Dresses Up Normal Day –Fashion
• Harris, Carla. Show Looks at Rock’s Role in Depth
• 2 …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 60, No. 43, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Humphreys, Mack. Sophomores to be Allowed in Coed Dorm
• Thomas, Ursula. Special Forces Learns Survival the Hard Way
• Humphreys, Mack. Associated Student Government Befriends Basketball Buddies
• Across the Board Raises Faculty Morale
• Knapp, Kevin. Editorial Cartoon – Faculty Raises
• Caillouet, Larry. Debates Athletic Deficit
• Elder, Greg. Applauds Exam Change
• Lee, David. Defends University Senate
• Stone, Tom. Sigma Chi Derby Nets $6,000 for Charity
• Hart, John. Journalism Department Seeks Reaccreditation
• Speaker to Teach Rape Prevention – Grace Ericksen
• Sullivan, Sheila. Men Highlight Show’s Fashions
• Fox, Kathy. …